Lauren Keegan is a perinatal psychologist and author living on Dharawal and Gundungurra country (Wollondilly, NSW). She has worked in perinatal and infant mental health for fifteen years, has two young girls and drinks more tea than is sensible. All The Bees In The Hollows was voted Best Debut Fiction in the 2025 Indie Book Awards and longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025. Her second book, The Woman in the Seal Skin will be published in April 2026.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be and why?

Jane Austen. How could I not?